ASHA State Education Advocacy Leaders (SEALs)
State Education Advocacy Leaders (SEALs) are appointed by ASHA recognized state speech-language hearing associations to advocate on education issues. These issues may include caseload/workload, salary supplements, and maintenance of personnel standards in school settings. SEALs can be speech-language pathologists or audiologists. The State Education Advocacy Leaders were established in 1999 under ASHA's Priorities. The mission of the SEALs network is to enhance and perpetuate the advocacy, leadership, and clinical management skills of school-based ASHA members at the state and local levels to influence administrative and public policy decisions that affect the delivery of speech-language pathology and audiology services in school settings.
Do you have an education issue in your state that needs to be addressed? Find your state's SEAL below and e-mail them your concerns.
For more information on SEALs activities in states contact Eileen Crowe, ASHA's Director for State Association Relations, by e-mail at ECrowe@asha.org.
Contact Information
Alabama
Cynthia Lewis
cynthia.lewis@aamu.edu
Alaska
Laura Young Campbell
laurayc@yahoo.com
Arizona
Karen LaBrozzi
labrozzik@cox.net
Arkansas
Carol Fleming
carol.fleming@lrsd.org
California
Holly Kaiser
holly@hkconsult.biz
Colorado
Lisa J. Gessini
Lisa_Gessini@dpsk12.org
Connecticut
Julie Zellner
srjaz@comcast.net
Delaware
Ruth Wolfe
ruthvwolfe@comcast.net
District of Columbia
Teresita Foster
Incanato@earthlink.net
Florida
Laura Rogers
laurarogers53@att.net
Georgia
Jill Shedd
jgshedd@yahoo.com
Hawaii
Ana Gamble
ana_a_gamble@notes.k12.hi.us
Idaho
Pam Waldorf
pam.waldorf@boiseschools.org
Illinois
Karen Kockler
kkockler@district158.org
Indiana
C. Lynn Myers
lynnspeech@hotmail.com
Iowa
Darla Sharar
dsharar@aea267.k12.ia.us
Kansas
Maha Bishr
bishr.maha@gmail.com
Caryn Gustin
caryn3girls@gmail.com
Amy Kuhn
amkuhn@kckps.org
Judy Smith
jusmith@kckps.org
Kentucky
Sherry Hoza
shoza1@insightbb.com
Louisiana
Vacant
Maine
Sabrina Reed
sreed@msad58.org
Maryland
Lori Crum Sweely
geesslp@yahoo.com
Massachusetts
Sharon Parisi
ticklefeather@comcast.net
Michigan
Lindsey Halpin
slphalpin@me.com
Sue Shores
sueshores@yahoo.com
Minnesota
Martin Templeton
mwtemple@paulbunyan.net
Mississippi
Georgene Falcone-Johnson
mssealtoo@gmail.com
Rachel Powell
mssealtoo@gmail.com
Missouri
Beth McKerlie
emckerli@nkcschools.org
Montana
Laura Jo McKamey
laurajomckamey@shelby.k12.mt.us
Nebraska
Vacant
Nevada
Nancy Kuhles
kuhles119@sbcglobal.net
Roberta Johnson
RLJohnson@washoeschools.net
New Hampshire
Vacant
New Jersey
Mary Faella
mfspeech@yahoo.com
New Mexico
Allison Trujillo
atruheo@gmail.com
New York
Karen McCrossen
karen_mccrossen@gateschili.monroe.edu
North Carolina
Robin Blumberg
Robin.blumberg@yahoo.com
Wendy Lybrand
wlybrand@chccs.k12.nc.us
North Dakota
Linda Hoag
linda_hoag@educ8.org
Ohio
Dawn Betts
Betts_d@ccesc.org
Oklahoma
Kathy Wheat
kwheat28@gmail.com
Oregon
Janet Wagner
jwagnerslp@gmail.com
Overseas
Kim Gardner-Pumah
Bella14agosto@yahoo.com
Pennsylvania
Melinda St. George
mstgeorge@dciu.org
Rhode Island
Ellen Moore
Ellebmoore@aol.com
South Carolina
Peggy Neel
pneel@greenville.k12.sc.us
South Dakota
Julie Walker
julie.walker@k12.sd.us
Tennessee
Paulette W. Gentry
paulette.gentry@mnps.org
Texas
JoAnn Wiechmann
jwiechmann@irvingisd.net; jawiechmann@yahoo.com
Utah
Laurel Brown
laurelobrown@hotmail.com
Vermont
Steffani Wilson
steffani@earthlink.net
Virginia
Jacquelyn Ragland
Jacquelyn.Ragland@charlottesvilleschools.org
Washington
Elaine Brockway
ebrock2@uw.edu
Kate Krings
krings@uw.edu
West Virginia
Lisa McKinney Jackson
lisa_slp717@hotmail.com
Wisconsin
Dawn Merth-Johnson
rivcoach.johnson@gmail.com
Wyoming
Mary McCarty
mmcarty@goshen.k12wy.us
The contact information was current at the time it was submitted to ASHA by the network representative.
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